King James Version
Ezekiel 23:48 in the King James Version says “Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 23 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.”
Ezekiel 23:48 · KJV
For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will bring up a company upon them, and will give them to be removed and spoiled. to be: Heb. for a removing and spoil
And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire. dispatch: or, single them out
Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.
And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of your idols: and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“to cease”
H7673to repose, i.e., desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)
“may be taught”
H3256to chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words); hence, to instruct
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
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